Publications
Kleinheyer, M., Greatrex, N., Nestler, F., Timms, D.L. (2023). BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart and Future Concepts. In: Arabía, F.A. (eds) Mechanical Circulatory Support. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-86172-8_14-1. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-86172-8_14-1
Gluck, T., Timms, D.L., Elgalad, A., Shafii, A., Freundt M., Dowling, R., Cohn, W.E. and Frazier, O.H., Pre-Clinical 30-day Survival Results of the BiVACOR TAH. Circulation. 2023;148:A16713. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.148.suppl_1.16713
Timms, D.L., Greatrex, N., Nestler, F., Wu, E., Kleinheyer, M., Cohn, W., Frazier, O., Preclinical Evaluation of the Bivacor Total Artificial Heart. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 42, Issue 4, Supplement, April 2023, Page S66. https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(23)00185-7/fulltext
Emmanuel S, Jansz P, McGiffin D, Kure C, Watson A, Connellan M, Granger E, Iyer A, Timms D, Hayward C. Anatomical human fitting of the BiVACOR total artificial heart. Artif Organs. 2022 Jan;46(1):50-56. doi: 10.1111/aor.14077. Epub 2021 Oct 4. PubMed PMID: 34580890. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34580890/
Nestler F, Timms DL, Stevens M, Bradley AP, Wilson SJ, Kleinheyer M, Lovell N, Frazier OH, Cohn WE. Investigation of the inherent left-right flow balancing of rotary total artificial hearts by means of a resistance box. Artif Organs. 2020 Jun;44(6):584-593. doi: 10.1111/aor.13631. Epub 2020 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 31912510. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31912510/
Timms, D.L., Nestler, F. (2020). BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. In: Karimov, J., Fukamachi, K., Starling, R. (eds) Mechanical Support for Heart Failure . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47809-4_35. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-47809-4_35
Greatrex, N, Kleinheyer, M, Nestler, F, Timms, DL, This Maglev Heart Could Keep Cardiac Patients Alive. IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 9, 22-29, 22 Aug. 2019. https://spectrum.ieee.org/this-maglev-heart-could-keep-cardiac-patients-alive
Cohn, W.E., Arabia, F., Timms, D.L., Greatrex, N., Kleinheyer, M., Nestler, F., Diab, S., Frazier, O., Pulsatile Outflow in Cows Supported Long-Term with the BiVACOR Rotary TAH. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 36, Issue 4, Supplement, S14, April 2017. https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(17)30048-7/abstract#%20
Gregory, S.D., Stevens, M.C., Pauls, J.P., Schummy, E., Diab, S., Thomson, B., Anderson, B., Tansley, G., Salamonsen, R., Fraser, J.F., and Timms, D., In Vivo Evaluation of Active and Passive Physiological Control Systems for Rotary Left and Right Ventricular Assist Devices. Artificial Organs, 2016 Jan 8. doi: 10.1111/aor.12654. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26748566 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26748566/
Lim, E., Salamonsen, R.F., Mansouri, M., Gaddum, N., Mason, D.G., Timms, D.L., Stevens, M.C., Fraser, J., Akmeliawati, R., and Lovell, N.H., Hemodynamic Response to Exercise and Head‐Up Tilt of Patients Implanted with a Rotary Blood Pump: A Computational Modeling Study. Artificial Organs, 39(2): p. E24-E35. PubMed PMID: 25345482 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25345482/
Stevens, M.C., Gregory, S.D., Nestler, F., Thomson, B., Choudhary, J., Garlick, B., Pauls, J.P., Fraser, J.F., and Timms, D., In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Three Different Modes of Pump Operation When Using a Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Right Ventricular Assist Device. Artificial Organs, 2014. 38(11): p. 931-939. PubMed PMID: 24660783 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24660783/
Kleinheyer, M., Timms, D.L., Greatrex, N.A., Masuzawa, T., Frazier, O.H., and Cohn, W.E. Pulsatile operation of the BiVACOR TAH; Motor design, control and hemodynamics. in Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 2014. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6944911
Nestler, F., Bradley, A.P., Wilson, S.J., Timms, D.L., Frazier, O.H., and Cohn, W.E., A Hybrid Mock Circulation Loop for a Total Artificial Heart. Artificial Organs, 2014. 38(9): p. 775-782. PubMed PMID: 25234760 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25234760/
Timms, D.L., S.D. Gregory, N.A. Greatrex, M.J. Pearcy, J.F. Fraser, and U. Steinseifer, A Compact Mock Circulation Loop for the In Vitro Testing of Cardiovascular Devices. Artif Organs, 35(4): p. 384-391. PubMed PMID: 20883450 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20883450/
Greatrex, N., D. Timms, N. Kurita, E. Palmer, and T. Masuzawa, Axial Magnetic Bearing Development for the BiVACOR Rotary BiVAD/TAH. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 2010. 57(3): p. 714-721. PubMed PMID: 19822465 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19822465/
Laumen, M., Kaufmann, T., Timms, D., Schlanstein, P., Jansen, S., Gregory, S., Wong, K.C., Schmitz- Rode, T., and Steinseifer, U., Flow Analysis of Ventricular Assist Device Inflow and Outflow Cannula Positioning Using a Naturally Shaped Ventricle and Aortic Branch. Artif Organs, 2010. 34(10): 798- 806. PubMed PMID: 20964698 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20964698/
Kaufmann, T.A.S., Hormes, M., Laumen, M., Timms, D.L., Linde, T., Schmitz-Rode, T., Moritz, A., Dzemali, O., and Steinseifer, U., The Impact of Aortic/Subclavian Outflow Cannulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardiac Support: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study. Artif Organs, 2009. 33(9): p. 727-732. PubMed PMID: 19775264 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19775264/
- Timms, D., Dunning, J., Thomson, B., Fraser, J., Wilson, K., Dunster, K., McDonald, C., Galbraith, A., and McNeil, K., Acute Animal Experience with the BiVACOR Rotary BiVAD/TAH. Artif Organs, 2008. 32(5): p. A5.
Timms, D.L., Hayne, M., Tan, A.C.C., and Pearcy, M.J., LVAD Pump Performance and Force Characteristics in a Pulsatile Complete Mock Circulation Loop. Artif Organs, 2005. 29(7): p. 572-580. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15982286/
